Unknown option: config-file
We're trying to configure an installation of hardy in
/vserver - but there is no hook directory for us to use.
This means we don't know how to configure this installation.
We'd expect the hook directory to be : /usr/lib/xen-tools/hardy.d
Aborting.
Logfile produced at:
/var/log/xen-tools/xen3.satimis.com.log

Please advise how to make use of "/usr/lib/xen-tools/hardy.d"? What will be the correct steps. TIA

Copying files from new installation to host. Copying files from /tmp/IxWnj3F2Gr/var/cache/apt/archives -> /var/cache/apt/archives
Done
Done
The installation of the new system appears to have failed.
There is no '/bin/ls' installed in the new installation directory
Done
System installation failed. Aborting

I don't understand "There is no '/bin/ls' installed in the new installation directory". What does it mean?

Copying files from new installation to host. Copying files from /tmp/IxWnj3F2Gr/var/cache/apt/archives -> /var/cache/apt/archives
Done
Done
The installation of the new system appears to have failed.
There is no '/bin/ls' installed in the new installation directory
Done
System installation failed. Aborting

I don't understand "There is no '/bin/ls' installed in the new installation directory". What does it mean?

Copying files from new installation to host.
Copying files from /tmp/GK1IqjXCQ1/var/cache/apt/archives -> /var/cache/apt/archives
Done
Done
The installation of the new system appears to have failed.
There is no '/bin/ls' installed in the new installation directory
Done
System installation failed. Aborting

as I got exactly the same problems as you I did some more research. I found this tutorial on a french site where the author uses a debootstrap backport. The article is in french, but you should get the details. I got some problems installing the package via apt on an amd64 box, so I downloaded the .deb manually and installed with dpkg. And guess what, with the new package debootstrapping hardy using xen-create-image works like a charm

as I got exactly the same problems as you I did some more research. I found this tutorial on a french site where the author uses a debootstrap backport. The article is in french, but you should get the details. I got some problems installing the package via apt on an amd64 box, so I downloaded the .deb manually and installed with dpkg. And guess what, with the new package debootstrapping hardy using xen-create-image works like a charm

I know this thread is old, but I just finished installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) on Xen as a guest, so I figured I should post what I had to do to get it that way. (Note: I can't boot... yet. Not sure what's wrong, is says "Error: Bootloader isn't executable"; either way, I managed to get past the stumbling block, as detailed below... perhaps this isn't the right way, but at least it did say that it installed, and not that it failed.)

First, I followed this tutorial, using image-based installations. I originally tried to install Ubuntu as a guest, but it was without success (I haven't tried again until just now, since Debian installed nicely). So, I had some "leftover breadcrumbs" to work off of for this attempt. I found this thread when I used Google for help with the "there is no hook directory for us to use" part.

I believe I had just copied them over from one of the other folders - I didn't even have the computer in 2008, and that's the timestamp on the files - so they're probably the same ones that got installed along with the Debian stuff, just not quite in the same spot.

Looking back, I think the bootload issue was caused by me commenting out the kernel/initrd lines in the main xen-tools configuration file. I'm not sure, but I'm loopback-mounting, and chroot-installing a kernel, so I'll find out soon. Also, I think the kernel version needed is "2.6.31-16-generic".